More than 100 homes are being upgraded each week as part of a £100m programme to improve housing.

Stockton Borough council houses are getting a facelift, with £1m a week being spent since the turn of the year.

The work is being carried out by a partnership programme headed by Tristar Homes, which manages most council-owned housing in the borough.

Houses in 13 different estates around Billingham, Thornaby and Stockton will see improvements.

Head of Business Development at Tristar Homes, David Vasey, said: "They are being completed at a rate of 100 properties per week and by March 31 we will have finished work on at least 2,800 properties."

Mr Vasey said: "Some houses require several aspects of work carried out, while others may only need one type of improvement.

"Once surveys have been completed, every tenant is told exactly what they will get and when the work will be done."